CNYEats A Taste of Utica Fresh Tomato Calzones

A folded over pizza by any other name. Meat or meatless, both versions offered here. Posted by Mario, on page 133 of our book A Taste of Utica Serves 4 These come out much better if they are cooked on a baking stone, or oil a large cookie sheet, not the insulated sheets (like airbake) for this recipe 1 lb pizza dough 3/4 lb ground beef, sausage, or pepperoni 4 to 5 fresh tomatoes, coarsely chopped 1 hot pepper (cherry pepper), fine chopped 10 – 12 fresh basil leaves, chopped grated Romano cheese (about 2 to 3 oz,or to taste) [...]